The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 220, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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A RADIO
RADIO
Gives You Mor*
PHONE 256
T. M. Thompson
T. M. Thompson
PHONE 256
FITS CRNTS THE COPY
DETAILED REPORT
First National Bank
OF LEVEE BOARD
OF BAY CITY, TEXAS
tearing out of
would result from
Number 5
Volume 1.
part of the raft above before
any
November 12, 1925.
was
stated that
RESOURCES
$
1925
581,243.04
$1,104,360.04
No.
with
be handled.
for the
LIABILITIES
the circumstances, it must be assum
Total to July 3, 1925
$15,096.28
plan are the
m.intain
able dun in the channe:
$1,104,360.04
opening
The above statement is correct.
E. L. MeDONALD, Cashier.
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I
A question has been raised
height at the lev
tions, and the
height by zones
> ‘
Every Season of the year
gent fund*. and the resuiting
Whatever
Bay City Bank & Trust Company
to
BAY CI lY. TEXAS
tion
submerged
might let
Gustafson
land* adjacent to the
(Signedi
»-
Condensed Statement of
Citizens State Bank
w hlb
of Bay City, Texas
in Ilay (‘it y
RESOURCES
--$197,572.86
gained
ion
ceptable to the
There v
Day
your commission
CASH ...
... 171.527.94
Total
1553,849 68
one Wi
LIABILITIES
Total
D. P. Moore Dry Goods Company
in tf
are have been forgotten
LL
ish foreign minister, Austin Chamber
l lain. “If the Couneil approached the
Other Real Estate-
Bonds and Stocks..
plans
from
Loans, Personal ------------------------
Banking House, Furnitur rand Fixtures...
402,010.02
50,108.16
36,000.00
14,522.62
6,086 20
14,390.00
Capital Stock _____----
Undivided Profits, net.-
Deposits -------------
Liberty Bonds Deposited
Capital Stock
Surplus anti Profits
(‘ireulation
DEPOSITS
placed one thousand yard* apart
League itselr is to be I redited
Wharton commission for elearing the
obst ruction in the river affecting It*
interesta I* one of vital importance to
t he
The
of
< We
reached that an nd
- must be provided
While the impres
that this might he
ed
the
be
The
suitable
secured.
ne l
be
de
in
$ 32,415.52
72,406.58
476,420,94—
Loans
Stocks and Bonds
U. S. Bonds
Banking House
Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Bills of Exchange
Acceptances
CASH
Interest in and Assessment for Guaranty Fund
Other Resources
arfert
County
total
1 of
the
by Mr
| 1000.00
1236.53
3997.31
2020,86
GS41.58
fleet
I he
■ of
30,000
pen He
17 .
all bid-
as to the
van no <
held in
$ 100,006.00
40,346.32
24,600.00
939,413.72
48,382.00
32,938.31
90,762.92
12,115.65
350.00
should he taken
money necessar)
.As Made to the Comptroller of Currency at the Close of
Business, September 28, 1925
exintinu
ving the
at the
MACHINE ( I )N STR UCTION
We have moved with the machine
port*.
Greece
Report No. 2.
Report of supervisors.
...$ 60,000.00
--- 6,323.47
... 461,171.21
.... 36,150.00
The above la correct.
A HARRIS, Cashier.
Published, t ourtesy Matarorda (ounty
Tribune
Entertatnment at Less Cost
Than Anything You
Can Buy
........
THE COUNTY COURIER
Devoted to the Interests at the Rural
Schools
Armlet h e
mned away
Armistice Day
Passed Quietly
es at dif-
er ll I*
Total expenditures detailed
by report* Noh l and 2 $22,349,54
Funds allotted by Matazorda Coun-
(Continued on Pag* 2)
_.al. Shows Money Received
Progress Made on Rec-
lamation.
and D i s b u r
" I here is Nothing I 00 Good For Our Friends"
made these actN unnecessary
And Enjoy the
Long Evenings
Above funds were obtained
Report No. 1.
Analysis of expense of levee from
January 19, 1925, to July 1, 1925, as
follows
cubic yards of dirt at an
T’he
thu>
Passes Upon River Situ-
tion and Suggests Dam
for Impounding Water
in Place of Raft.
y to clear the chan-
remains shoule then
a new than
* recognized, and it was
Matagorda County could
showing analysis of costs, amount of dispute at all, it must be with the
w
that there would alway be availabl
preclation at $10 per day I $1100,
The prompt at quiencence
-emblance of
Early In th*
the conditions a* outlined at the New
York coufereace had radically chane-
ed, but it was your impression that a
conference with the Wharton County
commisnion would result in a better
understanding, and perhaps lead to a
solution that would be satisfactory to
all interests.
the obstructions
the commission had entered into a
contract for the removal of the ex-
The Daily Tribune
or proper channel lull been
made of the
BAY CITY, TEXAS, THIRSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1925.
not be charged to any specific con-
st ruction.
maintenance of leveen.
Yeuterday I was requented to exam
that the estimates accompanying
AT TII NAPTIST ( HI Rt II.
have added 110 days
the river
In the hed of the I
pastor of
« elebrat ion
day rain »
lb ally drie
Machine cost
Machine equipment
Machine construction
General expense
Team construction
To the Honorable Commissioners of through the raft ol a channel, as now
Matagorda county Conservation and contemplated, until Matagorda coun-
Reclamation District No 1: ty’s river can properly take care ot it.
Very truly yours
GEO W GOETHAL.S.
Consulting Engineer
that can be
the channel of the river.
poppy wale
levee in Wharton County. 7859 1 cubic |
sed rind yards, at $0,195 per cubie yitrd,
$1532.58.
It may seriously
In Matazorda
5779.0 cubic yards at $0,346 per cubie
yard. $ 1998.95.
Schneider and Bell Force Account
Repair of levee at Betts Lake double
levee and at Earnest Bond's camp,
MACHINE COST
This item represents the first pay-
ment on the drag line machine, of
Hum*.
TEAM CONSTRUCTION
Hill Hros Contract Building new
ne the lower bridle* on the
a popny, Saturday, November 14
Armistice Day poppy sale—Leat we
I here is nothing more perplexing or requiring more care
than in the selection of proper Footwear for your boys
and girls, and the little* ones.
Matagorda County board:
Bay City, Texas, Nov. 11. 1925.
Also our ability to supply needed Stew kings and I losiery
set is one of our hobbies that
you should take advantage of when buying Footwear.
We are at your Service and anxious to have the oppor-
tunity to please you.
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IfwT Wi HiRldl.
Day was a dull affait anv !
$3997.31; cost per yard of
VOLIMEXX NI MIE R 220.
1.
1). P MOORE.
Chairman of the Board
to prepare detailed
nstruction of the dike
The levee board, I* P. Moore, chair-
man; E. O. Taulbee, secretary, and W.
U Lloyd, director, submit for publi 1 3425 ‘ cubie yard, at an expense of
cation a very comprehensive report $3310.05.
of the work done on the levee since | There should be a deduction for a
they took charge of it The members . few days work at Jno LeTulle’s
of the board are to be commended, 1 north line, with this estimate he
not only for the progress made, but cost will be round 0-90 per cubic
for their effort to intelligently ap-yard
prise the public of what has been ar I The stations covering tin above
complished and “where the money work are shown in the engineer’s re-
went •• port which is filed herewith
[—
j0Lg-
through the River Reclamation and
Conservation District, and are a part
of the fund allotted to the Matagorda
('ounty Levee Improvement District
The question arises in our minds,
why doesn’t the League stop the I
trouble in Syria? France holds a I
(Continued from Page 2>
river instead of digging
net around the raft
ferent points along the rh
obnervance of Armis-
Ray City this year
umnally held on that
might be released from above
danger to Matagorda County
ar a poppy
Lest we forget Let e
The public is always eager to know I The above report includes all vouch
about the expenditure of publie funds lers from 1 to 147 tinelusivel. and is
and this detailed report will be ap /the sum total of all expenses on the
preciated levee from January 19, 1925, to July
It follows: 3,
bridKe. and of thie
eross nection of
bridge, prepared
the « ont iunion la
ditional waterway
channel for whatever
This was diseussed at the
suggested that bids be invited for I
standard levees, and for levees of lea*
the amount
olution to go through with it ” The
British government, Il Im understood,
expressed readiness if necessary. in
the enforcement of the uitimatum of
the League, (D to break off dlplo
W (' LLOYD, Director
E O TAULBEE, Secretary
Approved E O TAULBEE
Secretary
Dog Island northward. Under
A* rendered to the Commissioner of Banking of the State
of Texas at the close of business, September 28, 1925.
having stopped hostilities directly
tending toward war Mr Briand
closed the session of the Council of
the League of Nations at Locarna with
a tribute to Woodrow Wilson who
proposed and realized the League of
I any of the
river hanks
matic relationN; (2) to never
nomic relations; (31 to make a
demonstration; (4) to blockade
of I he
profile she
the interest#
should be a banking season, but
surely, more than nil others—
Harvest Time is Banking Time.
It is the season for storing up
the fruits of the year’s labors
in a substantial bank account to
meet the emergencies that are
bound to arise in all lines of en-
deavor.
Make this harvest season a real
banking season by putting your
harvest money in the bank.
I for Hit* purpose.
Furthermore ! The method ol procedure as outlin I
- ■ L'd above would be a* follows: Hid*
are canvassed for opening the < bun
nd. To the amount of the contract
should be added approximately 10 per
cent for engineering and supe rvision
To this *um nhould then be added
$250,000 for maintenance and contin-
GENERAL GOETHALS
SUBMITS REPORT im i
___ work from the mouth ip stream, so
devoted to the construction and
plans prepared and submitted to your
board for opening the lower river:
they ure practicable, and apparently
are the best that cun be offered at the
present time for accomplishing the re-
sults desired Time and money have
not been available to make the de
tailed investigations and studies to
determine with any degree of accu-
racy the materials that will have to
dentlemen :
I submit herewith report on th-
questions concerning which you de
Hire my opinion.
Tlie problem presented to me in
New York by your chairman, Nir, frru
H. Robbins, and your counsel. Mi W
it. Wilton, was:
Will A be possible to relieve the
present flood conditions caus'd by
the exit ting raft below Whanon b)
its remow. and at the same tin.e cob
Herve Ilie eaisting gravity irrigatoa
system, aron which much of th" vro
perity o' Matagorda Couay desnes,
by conutructing and operatinx a mov
An examination was
Such a conference wan held Mon-
day afternoon last at whit h were
present your board, commissioners
from Wharton County, representative
of the irrization interests, and my-
self it developed at the outset that
the commissioners from Wharton
County were opposed to the placing
in the atream of any structures which
the First Baptist Church of Houston
will preach for th* Baptist* of this
city next Sunday morning and night.
As In sell known Hr Gross Is an
interesting and powerful preacher A
cordial invitation to attend is hereby
extended to nil
Nothing will so thoroughly natisfy
as a photograph It 1" the Xman gift
that lives long after the day’s pleas-
day by the American Legion Auxiliary I
han been postponed till Naturday, |
November It Remember the day and I
in and made the prac-
roads azain impaseable.
MRS. CI LIRE F. POLLARD I iditor
determine whether additional open
inan should he allowed for the pan
sage of the river. From an examina
have recourse to damages
The serious condition and menace
to the interests below that the con-
tract if prosecuted in advance of an
open channel below, as it now pro-
vides. can not lie too strongly empha-
sized, and steps should be taken, if
possible .to prevent tlie cutting
officials recommend that they
Nations The spirit of the Locarno
Matagorda ,1 onference was expressed by the Brit-
County Levee Improvement Distriet
No. 1. Matagorda County. Texas,
arriving at the cost per yard
MACHINEE QUIPM ENT
Under this head we have charged 1
two camp houses, lighting plant,
pump, trailer for dragline machine,
and I he first set of mats
GENERAL EXPENSE
This in< ludes one Ford car. nil en-
gineering. building wing dams,
bridgen, lumber for work at Neal's,
cementing pipe at Neal's, removing
fence, and all activities which could
-
After a conference with the coin
missioners of the Matagorda and
Wharton Conservation and Reclama-
tion boards. General George W
Goethals, of Washington, |I. C. Hull
milled the following report to the
Another "Armistice Hay has pass
ed. seven years since the signing of
the Armistice on the eleventh hour,
of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month The world looks forward more
hopefully Io real peace now. this No
vember, 1925, than at any time since
the Armistice was signed as a result
of tlie recent action of the League of
Nations Tlie Graeco Bulgarian epi
node has closed Military attaches of
Great Britain, France and Italy, sent
by the request of the Council, witness
ed the peaceful withdrawal of Greek
troops from Bulgaria it seems that
the block houses along the border of
these two countries in some places
are only thirty yards apart Military
board then determine just what levee
work should be constructed after the
receipt of bld*
Funds should be set aside for main-
tenance of the channel after it has
been secured, and in the estimate sub-
mined firm uoo of the money* avail-
able are for thi* purpose. In addition
to the maintenance fund there should I
be an emergency fund for In work ol I
the character under consideration con-1
tinzencies are constantly arising, tori
which money should be immediately 1
available in order that most satinfae- I
lory result* should be wecured It t* |
suzzested that $100,00 be set anide
hr J L I
offered
The plan contemplates the opening
of a channel, with diversions, which
will give a more direct route to the
sea. and Ilie building ami repairing of
certain levees. The moneys were
made available primarily for eleaning
L. M. LeTulle Force Account
construction, maintenance, etc , on
protection levee. July 3, 1925, to No
vember 1 . 1925.
Report No I. dated July 3,
1925, showed detail of ex
penditures amounting to $15,096 28
Report No. 2 (this report)
shows details of expendi-
tiire amounting to 7 253 26
which would naturally drain into the
river when the raft is removed in
other word*, the comminsioners of
Wharton County objected to the main
tenance of the ponl as it now exist*
through any agency, even though re-
lief of the existing nood condition*
would result
it may lx- pomsible to conserve the
exisiting gravity nystem of irrigation
by building in the river a movable
dam and with it ereate a pool, which
will lie confined within the river
hank*, at the same time permitting
adjacent lands bow submerged to be
drained. In other word*, create a
smaller pool for irrigation purpose*.
An examination of the map and pro-
file* available discloses the probabil-
ity of such a solution, but the pom-
sibility of accomplishing this can not
now be definitely stated, but can be
determined after additional data have
heap secured
an adequate pool for icilaunon: Al
that lime the (dan < ontempiated the
dredging of a new channel around the
upper mil. which would in a measur"
leave a pool in the vicinity of the
existing intake of tlie irrigation sys-
tem
it was specifically stated that in
order to secure tlie necessary legisla-
lion to provide funds for clearing the
channel of tlie existing raft between
Wharton ami Matagorda, an agree-
ment was reached between tlie parties
representing tin- interests of Wharton
County. Matagorda County and tin
Irrigation Company, that the river
would be cleared, if possible, without
affecting the rights and interests of
any of the parties concerned
Surveys and hydraulic data, which
had been made and gathered by E N
Gustafson, who accompanied your
committee, were left with me for ex-
amination and study. It was decided
at that time that a visit would be
made to the locality, after I had
reached a conelusion. A study of the
surveys and hydraulic data, together
A with a knowledge of the construction
• and operation of various type of
movable dam* in successful operation,
led to the conclusion that some form
of structure could Im- designed and
constructed which would relieve the
existing flood conditions created by
the raft, and at the same time con-
nerve the exisiting gravity system of
Irrigation The cost of such a struc-i
ture in the river bed, built before the I
raft is removed, is dependent upon
the character of foundations and
f4iMi.mm.mi is considered more than a
liberal estimate.
Since our conferene e in New York,
Wharton County decided to remove ,
the resuit being that none of the trips
planned were ventured.
Every buwinesw house in the city,
with the exception of cold drink ।
places was cloned an<l the people re I
mained indoors on actount of the
weather.
inting obstruction Consequene tiy
We strive to meet these problems and are at all times
ready to assist you in making selections that will give
Service, Comfort, Good-Appearance at prices that will
warrant you in visiting our Shoe Department, and mak-
ing your selections with our expert service and desire to
give satisfaction.
conference on Monday afternoon to
elicit information concerning donbt-
fill points in th* contraet itself.
If the contract were for the r<
moral of the obstruction by dredeine
If it wer* bezun at the bottom of the
obstruction and prosecuted up
stream, and if it was prosecuted a* the
lower river could take car of the
material sent down, it might be pom-
sible to conduct the work so that no
serious damage would resuit to the
interests on the river below When
however, the contract sper I"‛mally fro
vides for a pilot eut entirely thrngh
the obstruction, and W was dofini ely
stated at the conferenee that tae in
• '>nt and purpome was to ill the
flood water to do the rest, a rondi-
tion results which might nrlng di-
aster below, and which no power eith
er of the county r mmienionera of
w new channels, so uh to gel rid of
the conditions which are now affect-
ing Hie interests of the county. How
far tlie available money will go to
accomplish this Ih not now determin-
able, ho Unit while tile estimates pro-
vide for the construction and repair
of ievees on both sides of the stream,
the available funds for levee work can
be determined only after the main
work is secured.
A* your board is n«* practically in
a position to advertine for hid* tor
both channel work and levee*, it i»
Auggested that bids Ih- invited for
both, with llic right to reject any and
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 220, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1925, newspaper, November 12, 1925; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1423733/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.